1680: "The Overview Effect: How Does a Cosmic Perspective Change Us?"
About this episode
The episode explores how viewing Earth from space alters human perception and understanding of our planet.
Interesting Things with JC #1680: "The Overview Effect: How Does a Cosmic Perspective Change Us?" – An astronaut sees Earth from space and the known facts stop behaving like ordinary facts. Borders disappear, the atmosphere looks thin, and the planet becomes one finite system as the same perception shift keeps appearing across crews.
People in this episode
Host: JC
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Overview Effect
Places: Earth, space
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